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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 1,986.7 hrs on record (520.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 28 Jun, 2020 @ 6:42am
Updated: 29 Jun, 2020 @ 5:43am

** PLAYED ENTIRELY ON LINUX -- IT'S NATIVE **

AMAZING, larger-than-life space life game with "space legs" that puts you initially in a small ship to let you progress through quests, deliveries and affiliations until you are rich enough to buy other ships, then a fleet, then a space station, then a complete space sector where you can rule. It's a complete mishmash of genres, too many genres to list (spaceship / economic simulator / RTS / "city" builder / etc.), some even say it has "RPG" elements.

This is my favorite game ever. From all my games. It is incredibly rich and complex. The reason its score is low is because as with any complex game, it was released with a staggering number of bugs -- but that was almost 2 years ago, and Egosoft, its makes, knows very well how to fix bugs, having time.

As it is "larger than life", rich and complex, any description of the game and mechanics I would write here would be pointless. Just take my word that this game is worth ten times its price. At times you'll want to play just to enjoy the scenery. Other, to machine complex economic theories on how to get ahead of your competitors. And others, to take part of enormous space battles, commanding stations, capital ships and fighters alike. There is no game like this one. No Man's Sky does not have the RTS and economic aspect. Elite: Dangerous does not have that too and does not even have space legs yet. Star Citizen doesn't, also (and it is in a different league, more of a MMO).

You can pilot any ship in the game, except the "robotic ships" of the Xenon, because they are like organisms.

The shortcomings of the game are few. You can't land on planets, only stations. There are very few minon non-game-breaking bugs. Does not support VR. That's what I can remember.

■■■■■■■■■■ 10 / 10

---{Graphics}---
☑ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe

---{Gameplay}---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Just don‘t

---{Audio}---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ Earrape

---{Voice Acting}---
☐ Masterful acting for all characters and scenes
☑ Good/average acting for all characters and scenes
☐ Good acting but not all characters and scenes have it
☐ Just a few parts of the game have voice acting
☐ No voice acting at all

---{Audience}---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Human

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boiiiiii
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press ‚A‘
☐ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Difficult but gratifying
☐ Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding

---{Story}---
☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ Worth 10 times the price because it's so good
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---VR Support---
☑ Does not support VR
☐ Has a precarious Side-by-Side implementation, no VR controls.
☐ Has a poor VR implementation.
☐ Average. Not amazing, but could be better.
☐ Very good VR, both controls, visuals and the game feels very tactile.
☐ This was made for VR in the first place - perfect!

---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs AS OF NOW
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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4 Comments
76561199767258656 3 Sep, 2024 @ 5:06am 
Wow,your review is on point! So much info and thought put into it. I'm seriously impressed. Keep it up! 💖👏
Kampfkekskrieger EXP Folk Master 19 Jul, 2020 @ 12:47am 
This is THE YES Review i want to raise to the first page pls. doom for all that space garbage around only seing space fly asteroids but not a game behind
Robo 2 Jul, 2020 @ 3:08pm 
For a second I thought you were sugarcoating the game until the voice acting part, regardless, great review.
Evgueni [Linux user] 29 Jun, 2020 @ 2:46am 
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